The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-12-07
TIE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
BOTH BRANCHES ALtsEADI DOWN TC
VERY GlED WORh.

BOTH BRANCHES ALEEADY DOWN TO
VERY HllsD WORK.
Several Measures OF Importance Receive
Final DiSposisicn--A synopsis OF the i're-
cesdinss III Both SouseS
CoLUsrBIA, December 3.-Perhaps at
no session Of the Legislature has there
ever been, afte= the close O the second
week only, sacn showing in the S0,sy' oi
actual work, as the body now IN session
makes to tle people. Both Senate ard
House evidently cane here here WITT the
determination 10 c!ear up the crowded
calendars isf. from last session. Ell t2Ts
promptly clear the way for the woZk o.
the present. By steady and inaictous
work, the measures standing over have
been disposed OF, and already several
bills of importance, introduced this ses-
sion, have met, their fate-ha7e been
passed or killed.
REMOVING oBsrUcr1oSs TO NARRATION.
About tae first real discussion OF ths
present session came up on the bl!l to
prohibit the obstruction Of navigation oy
bridges over and across the RIVERS OF this
State. Tie first section OF the bli Is IS
as follows:
ssThat no person or persons, or cor2o-
choil kbAsN
to be kept, put or caused to be plaeea,
any bridge over and across any OF the
rivers within this State so as thereby 10
iniure or Distract TIE free navlgat;o1 OF
said rivers, and every such person or per
sons or rporation 50 offending shall for
felt for eacn and every such offence vae
sum of two hundred dollars for each day
that such bridge may be SO kept or re-
main as an obstruction 10 SAID Tree naVl-
CATION, for the use Of Ehs State.
The second section requires companies
to remove bridges now obStructlng navl-
cation or 70 place suitable draws 10 en-
able steamboats, TO pass through without
lowering the suokestack. The penalty
for violation is 800 fog every Cay during
which the obstruction continues.
The third section makes the lay go
into effect six months after its passage.
The debate on this Act took up the
greater portion OF TWO Legislative days.
The opponents Of the bill thought 1t too
stringent, aud thought the s3eamsoat
could easily have hinged s1nokess2cks
and lower them to pass under the
bridges. ThsTe We're several amend
.E,s.,t-a % V-,>rSc tsyn
the least; another 70 confne the appli-
cation OF the bill to navigable streams.
The Dill was finally passed. Il gees
back to the Senste.
TIE TAX On AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Senator Youmans's bill s'to amend an
Act to change the time of listing proper
ty for taxation" caused some debate. 1t
added: to Section l OF tie Act named the
following proviso: 'Ihat the following
agricultural products, to wit, corn, cot
ton, wheat, oats, rice, peas and long
forage, made on the day specified by
law, shall be the smounts actually on
hand on August l, Immediately preced-
ing the date OF said retIrn; provided
further, that this shall apply only to
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the hands OF the producer thereof"
The purpose OF the bill was to releve
the farmer from the payment OF taxes on
all but tie surplus OF LIS agricultural
products, it being estimated that the
amount remaining on hand on the lst OF
August could justly be considered sur
plus.
Senator Noise moved to recomnit the
bill as ne considered it partial and class
legislation. He made tins motion with
the knowledge taa5 1t would be oeieated,
but ne weak, INSIST upon 1t.
Senators Youmaus aDd Sinhier en-
phaeicaly favored the bill AID maintain
ed that II Vas not dlscrlmlnatye.
The motion TO recomnit was rejected
BY vote of - to (.
The bil! Was then passed and sent to
the House I:1shout division,
RAILROAD CONSULTATIONS.
Senator .durlay's bill to regulate and
restrict the rights OF railroad corpora
tions IN this stase IN acquiring addition
81 lines of railroad passed its third cead-
ing in the following shape:
SECTION l. That from and a.ter the
passage of this Act it snail not be Lawful
for any corporation owning, leasing,
operating, conJGoll!ng, or having any IN
terest IN any line Of railroad IN this
State, to purchase, lease, operate, con
troll or obtain sny interest IN any Other
line OF railroad now operating OF here
after to be constructed II this State,
without first obtaining an Act Of the
General Assembly authorizing the same.
Sec. 2 forfeits tie charter OF any rail
road company violating the provisions Of
this Act.
SEC. 5. That if any individual or indi-
yiduals who operate, control, or own the
msiosity OF stock Of any railroad cor
poration IN this State, shall purchase
stock in any other lie Of railroad char
4 tered il this State such stock shall not
Poe entitled to be voted in any election
for officers or as 10 the management Of
the property, but shall participate in all
dividends and enoluments arising there
from.
Section repeals all Acts or parts Of
Acts which may conflict with the pro-
visions OF this Act.
PROHIBITION MEASURES.
There was quite discussion il the
House upon the bill to submit to the
voters Of Abbeville county the question
OF license or no license in the incorpor-
ated towns and villages Of that coact.y.
MIR. Pope, of Newberry, moved to strike